{"product_id":"9780283072048","title":"A Drink with Shane MacGowan","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Clarke, Victoria Mary \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eThe arts\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 9 October 2014 by PAN MACMILLAN (Sidgwick \u0026amp; Jackson Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e155 x 236 x 35 | 496g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFunny, honest, brilliant and opinionated, A Drink with Shane MacGowan is the highly-acclaimed memoir of a true music icon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the freshest, most original biographies I've ever read' - Lynne Barber, Observer'His candour, coupled with an acerbic wit, makes him an ideal guide through an unmistakably colourful life' - Time OutShane MacGowan was an intensely talented songwriter whose band, The Pogues, merged punk with Irish folk music to create a sound uniquely their own. An anarchic hellraiser with the soul of a poet, he is forever associated with Christmas after the chart-topping success of 'Fairytale of New York', his duet with Kirsty McColl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe grew up on a small farm in Tipperary, won a scholarship to Westminster, was rapidly expelled,  became a rent boy, then a central figure of punk and the hugely influential star of The Pogues - until his bandmates got so fed up of his behaviour they kicked him out for a time. MacGowan's music, innovative and powerful, is as distinctive as his chaotic, breakdown-scarred, drug and alcohol-fuelled lifestyle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with his girlfriend (and later wife) Victoria Mary Clarke, A Drink With Shane MacGowan is a joyful celebration of a charming musician with a remarkable perspective on the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An enormously vivid and descriptive picture of his life and dramatic times' - Irish Times'This endearing memoir . . . is Irish rock distilled' - Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45782133997808,"sku":"9780283072048","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780283072048.jpg?v=1713467866","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/9780283072048","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}